H-1B and green card employer
Northeastern University
Boston, MA NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
Northeastern University is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
127certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$110,070median offer · middle half $86k to $142k
21%99 vs. 82 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
4certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Lottery entries at Northeastern University's offers
Northeastern University files mostly as a college or university or as a nonprofit research organization. Those employers are exempt from the H-1B cap, so their hires do not go through the lottery and no entry mix is shown.
What Northeastern University offers
127 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 1 LCA = 1 LCA
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
99 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$110,000 FY2026
Certified green card cases
4 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 16 | $142,795 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 14 | $209,750 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 11 | $106,000 |
| Data Scientists | 8 | $100,964 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 5 | $107,474 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 5 | $110,070 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 5 | $86,990 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | 5 | $155,000 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Boston, MA | 104 | $115,253 |
| Portland, ME | 6 | $100,964 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 4 | $72,134 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | 0 | $124,646 |
| FY2024 | 6 | 0 | $102,518 |
| FY2025 | 24 | 0 | $116,875 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 4 | 0 | $145,000 |
Review takes about a year, so a pause in filing shows up a year later. Medians only for years with 3 or more certifications.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $69,805 | |
| Data Scientist | $96,900 | |
| Senior Cloud Operations Engineer | $110,070 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $79,082 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $59,425 | |
| Assistant Professor | $117,428 | |
| Associate Professor | $151,000 | |
| Associate Professor | $154,500 | |
| Assistant Teaching Professor | $70,000 | |
| Senior Director of Engagement and Operations, CSL | $122,000 | |
| Associate Teaching Professor | $96,325 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $107,474 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $86,990 | |
| eRA Support Specialist | $72,134 | |
| eRA Support Specialist | $72,134 | |
| Assistant Professor | $108,153 | |
| Associate Research Scientist | $89,024 | |
| Assistant Professor | $209,750 | |
| Assistant Professor | $209,750 | |
| Assistant Professor | $110,581 | |
| Tenured Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics | $245,000 | |
| Asst. Teaching Professor & Asst. Dir. of Fintech Initiative | $168,500 | |
| Research Scientist | $102,315 | |
| Geospatial Temporal Data Scientist | $100,117 | |
| Geospatial Temporal Data Scientist | $101,811 |